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Compatiblity of Material Design to versions below Android 5.0?

Is it possible to use material design themes for versions below Android 5.0? According to this link, it is not the case:

Material design is a comprehensive guide for visual, motion, and interaction design across platforms and devices. Android now includes support for material design apps. To use material design in your Android apps, follow the guidelines defined in the material design specification and use the new components and functionality available in Android 5.0 (API level 21) and above.

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Illusion Avatar asked Dec 02 '14 07:12

Illusion


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You can use the support library to have some of features in older versions as well as mentioned in below link:-

https://developer.android.com/training/material/compatibility.html

also as mentioned below you can visit this link as well:-

http://android-developers.blogspot.in/2014/10/appcompat-v21-material-design-for-pre.html

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maveroid Avatar answered Oct 14 '22 02:10

maveroid